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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

Activities carried out with UNICEF in the field of child rights

The work plan for 2017-2018 between our Institution and UNICEF was finalized in December
2018. The work plan takes as national priority the fundamental instruments such as National
Development Plan, Strategy and Action Plan for National Child Rights, takes as basis the
international best practices and aims, inter alia, to strengthen the capacity of human rights
watch mechanisms in order to prevent violations of child rights and to actively implement
compensation actions.
The institutional activities carried out in this regard include comprehensive training programs
on “Child Rights”, “Prevention of Violence against Children” “Violence at Educational
Environment”, “Child Protection”, “Justice for Children”, and “Adoption of Child-amicable
Approaches in Handling Complaints”.

Activities carried out with the civil society organizations in the field of child rights
As part of cooperation activities with the civil society organizations which advocate for rights
such as International Children’s Center, our Institution carried out activities to provide
information and introduce our Institution for the families, vocational groups as well as
for children. Moreover, public service ads were published for children at the website of our
Institution, and a Guide for Applicants were published for the families as well as for civil
society organizations.

e) Education, Youth and Sports
Applications in the field of Education, Youth and Sports have been mostly about the following
matters:
◊ exams and related practices,

◊ transactions, acts and actions concerning students,
◊ matters regarding higher education services,

◊ problems of teachers,
◊ works for the disadvantaged youth,

◊ other matters relating to the services provided in the field of education, youth and
sports.

The majority of the applications have been filed to complain about the security measures taken
by Exam Authorities such as Student Selection and Placement Center (OSYM), Ministry of
National Education, and Open Education Faculty, and about the objections to the results of
exams etc.

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